D AT SEA - STARS IN YOUR EYES

STARS IN YOUR EYES

VON D AT SEA

SONGWRITERS: DOYLE PEREZ & DANIEL JAMES MCMASTER

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: ANCHORS & DIAMONDFS/EP

LABEL: YOUTUBE

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2014

“The Anchors & Diamonds” EP is Doyle’s first foray into music with a full band, non-acoustic side to his songs. The full production element has given an accent to his well crafted songs and with hardcore super-producer Will Putney, while the drums were played by Matt Halpern from UK Metal outfit Periphery. “While Anchors & Diamonds” is far from the sound of a hardcore or metal record, it’s the energy, attitude and song structures that gives D At Sea his edge over the pop majority.

Better known by his moniker D at Sea, Doyle Perez became a YouTube sensation after his acoustic cover of Parkway Drive’s “Carrion” went viral in late 2011. Since the Parkway Drive video D at Sea has released a host of other reworked renditions of songs from the hardcore genre including tracks by The Amity Affliction, Bring Me the Horizon and Of Mice and Men among others, garnishing more than 3.5million views on his YouTube channel and attracting almost 28,000 facebook likes.

Despite his growing fan base and notoriety, music wasn't always front and center for Doyle, who had not initially considered it a career option. Before an injury at the age of 19 his relationship with music was that of a fan, simply enjoying listening to other bands and, like most kids of the 90s, taping his favorite songs from the radio onto cassette tapes that would be played back later and copied onto mixed tapes to share with friends.

However injury forced him to reassess his priorities. Playing and writing music became a way to cope with rehab and changes to his everyday activity, as well as providing an outlet for his creativity.

For someone who took to music much later than most his acoustic renditions of songs from the hardcore illustrate his natural ability and keen ear for music. The self taught musician only discovered he was able to sing acoustically after meeting his girlfriend and fellow musician Millie Tizzard, who encouraged him to branch out from the more metal-focused music he was playing in bands Confession, Lemon Smashle and All My Friends at Sea.

They said you'd never get there

They said you'd never get far

Your heart was a skipping stone and the water's deep

It starts to sink in

It hits your chest when you breathe in

Can't catch the break that you needed

They say you'll only get out what you give

And you will only get out when you live like there's nothing to lose

Through the highest highs and the lowest lows

And in the dark you use the stars for light (at night)

You don't need an airplane to fly

Reach out and touch a satellite

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

And when you start to feel alone

I'll be the one to let you know

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

The stars are in your eyes

In your eyes, in your eyes

Now the mirror is a blank stare

You're half the girl that used to stand there

Your heart was so far from home

That it's hard to see, if it's beating

So you picked up all the pieces

You packed your shit up and you're leaving

They say you'll only get out what you give

And you will only get out when you live like there's nothing to lose

Through the highest highs and the lowest lows

And in the dark, you use the stars for light (at night)

You don't need an airplane to fly

Reach out and touch a satellite

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

And when you start to feel alone

I'll be the one to let you know

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

The stars are in your eyes

In your eyes, in your eyes

Fine your balance and composure

You're lost in the galaxy

Space bound, come down

Find your gravity

Fine your balance and composure

You're lost in the galaxy

Space bound, come down

Come back down to me

You don't need an airplane to fly

Reach out and touch a satellite

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

And when you start to feel alone

I'll be the one to let you know

There's nothing in the sky

The stars are in your eyes

The stars are in your eyes

The stars are in your eyes

The stars are in your eyes

In your eyes, the stars are in your eyes.